Fermilab and University of Bern join forces for neutrino physics
Neutrinos are ubiquitous yet elusive particles that could shed light on the early evolution of the universe. As one of the world’s major laboratories for neutrino physics, Fermilab partners with…
LBNF/DUNE gears up for next stage of construction in South Dakota
A mile below the surface in South Dakota, massive subterranean caverns are taking shape. These will one day become part of the the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, home to the international…
DUNE collaboration starts production of components for its gigantic neutrino detector
How can you study a particle that’s almost invisible? For the last decade, Justin Evans at the University of Manchester has been asking this question. “The neutrino is clearly a…
Testing wraps up for first Fermilab-designed cryomodule for PIP-II accelerator
There is a first time for everything. Sometimes that thing is a highly complex machine designed to accelerate an 800-million-electronvolt proton beam to enable decades’ worth of cutting-edge experiments at…
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright visits Fermilab
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright had the opportunity to see first-hand how Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory drives American leadership in particle physics and leverages the lab’s unique capabilities to…
Successful test delivers DUNE steel beam a mile underground
Teams from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Sanford Underground Research Facility have successfully completed the first test lift and lowering of a six-ton L-shaped steel beam for construction of the…
United States and France express interest to collaborate on construction of superconducting particle accelerator at Fermilab and the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) have signed statements this month expressing interest to collaborate…
A window of opportunity: Physicists test titanium target windows for particle beam
In the late 2020s, Fermilab will begin sending the world’s most intense beam of neutrinos through Earth’s crust to detectors in South Dakota for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment,…
LBNF/DUNE pre-excavation work continues above and below ground
Data from the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment could help physicists explain the origin of matter, witness a never-before-seen particle decay and better understand how black holes form in space —…
Fermilab completes the first-of-its-kind prototype of a superconducting accelerator module
Technical staff at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have completed a prototype of a special superconducting cryomodule, the first of its kind in the world. The…